Talk:Station Nord, Greenland

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airstrip[edit]

I believe this place may be home to the world's most northerly airstrip, but what about Alert? Anyone know more about this? — Trilobite (Talk) 00:52, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Well if there is a runway by Alert (I do not know?), then its more northern then the one located at Station Nord (btw the station has always been named “Station Nord”, not just “Nord”), by about a 100km. Alert is over 82 north latitude, while Station Nord is just under.

There is runways at cape Harald Moltke and Brønlundhus but they are still not as north as Alert. However supposedly there is one at cape Morris Jesup (the most northern point in Greenland), and if that is true, then it is about 50km more northern then Alert. The one at Brønlundhus is the northern most classified as a “permanent” station. Twthmoses 02:28, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Alert definitely has an airstrip --Commking 10 Oct 2005

They made a TV movie out of the crash of a C-130 on the way to Alert in the middle of winter. 70.55.200.47 22:13, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

May I add something to this very old exchange about the northernmost airport:

The northernmost permanent airport of the world is Alert Airport, at 82°30'.
In Greenland, there is a "natural runway" on a raised seabed at Kap Harald Moltke station: "Adjacent to the house at Kap Harald Moltke a large, flat area is used as a natural runway, suitable for C-130 Hercules aircraft."[1]. This is at 82°09'N, clearly north of Station Nord, which is at 81°36'N.
I have not found any indication that there was ever an airstrip or runway at Cape Morris Jesup.
The northernmost "non-permanent" airports are close to the Russian Barneo sea ice station. The wikipedia article reads: "a flown-in bulldozer was used to flatten the snow so cargo planes like the Antonov An-74 can land. Another runway is being built." This is at 89°31.5'N, about 100 km from the North Pole.

What is the second paragraph about?[edit]

The second paragraph doesn't make much sense in the context. Is this about an expedition to the north pole or something like that? cfs14

I'm cutting this, its lacking in context and identical text can be found on internet sites without being stated as gpl. Please do not reinstate without more context as well as providing copyright information and sourcing. 213.242.160.4 11:39, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Distance from the North Pole[edit]

In the current version, ”924 km from geographic North Pole” is the distance. But the current danish version (Dansk) states, that it is 933 km. Which is correct? --Sibazyun (talk) 13:51, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

pronunciation?[edit]

How "Nord" should be pronounced? As if "nord" be an English word, as if "nord" be a french word without d, or as if ...? This is needed for transliteration in the Japanese Wikipedia version. --Sibazyun (talk) 08:10, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"NO-eh" tending to "NO-r" with a stressed o. -- Archivist2 (talk) 19:15, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinate error[edit]

{{geodata-check}}

The following coordinate fixes are needed for 81.716667,-17.783333

Already marked on Google Maps

—95.147.238.46 (talk) 17:32, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've emended the coordinates (the ones you suggested above are incorrect, too) to those of the location shown on both Google Maps and the OpenStreetMap. Deor (talk) 23:32, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]